ON THIS DAY: Unelected Senator McSally’s Corporate Tax Giveaway Became an Attack On Pre-Existing Conditions Protections

McSally Voted for Tax Giveaway With Toxic Anti-Health Care Provision But Says “It’s Not [Her] Role” to Protect Her Constituents From the Fallout

If Lawsuit This Amendment “Sparked” Succeeds, “Protections for People With Pre-existing Conditions Would Be Wiped From the Books”

Two years ago today, Senate Republicans introduced a proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s coverage requirement as part of their corporate tax giveaway, laying the foundation for the toxic GOP lawsuit that threatens to end health protections millions of Arizonans rely on. Unelected Senator Martha McSally voted for this tax handout, helping spark the dangerous lawsuit that could end critical health care protections including pre-existing conditions coverage, maternity care, and allowing kids to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26.

“Unelected Senator Martha McSally used her tax taw to undermine and attack health care protections and made the lawsuit in court today to eliminate pre-existing conditions coverage possible,” said DSCC spokesperson Stewart Boss. “McSally admitted in her last failed campaign that she was ‘getting [her] ass kicked’ on her toxic health care record, but by again refusing to protect her constituents’ care, McSally is making the same mistakes and showing Arizonans they have no reason to trust her any more than the last time they rejected her harmful health care agenda.”

After infamously telling her colleagues, “let’s get this f***ing thing done” before voting for a Republican bill to gut health care protections, McSally proudly voted for this tax giveaway — including the provision that turned it into a vehicle for Republicans’ toxic lawsuit to end pre-existing conditions protections. A ruling could arrive any day in the toxic health care lawsuit they helped bring about, yet McSally says “it’s not [her] role” to take a stance against this lawsuit that threatens to gut Arizonans’ care — revealing why McSally and vulnerable Senate Republicans have instead resorted to pushing sham bills that “don’t actually protect sick people” and trying to hide the fallout from this harmful lawsuit until after next year’s election. 

The DSCC has been “laser focused” on holding unelected Senator McSally accountable for her role in the GOP’s anti-health care lawsuit, running digital ads spotlighting her consistent failure to protect Arizonans’ care.

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